Major League Baseball
Minnesota Twins
0
Kansas City Royals
3
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| KC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Wade Davis pitched out of bases-loaded jams in the first two innings, Billy Butler and Jeff Francoeur homered and the Kansas City Royals beat the Minnesota Twins 3-0 on Wednesday night to sweep the three-game series.
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
A Escobar singled to left, C Getz scored, A Gordon to second.
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
J Francoeur homered to left (405 feet).
Pitch 1: strike 1 (bunted foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 1: in play
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 8: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 8: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
B Butler homered to center (424 feet).
Middle of the 9th
J Willingham struck out looking.
Pitch 4: strike 3 (looking)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 1: ball 1
J Willingham batting
J Mauer doubled to deep left.
Pitch 4: in play
Pitch 3: ball 1
Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
J Mauer batting
A Hicks struck out looking.
Pitch 7: strike 3 (looking)
Pitch 6: ball 3
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (swinging)
Pitch 3: ball 2
Pitch 2: ball 1
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
A Hicks batting
P Florimon struck out swinging.
Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
Pitch 5: ball 3
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: ball 2
Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 1: ball 1
P Florimon batting
K Herrera relieved B Chen.
Top of the 9th inning
End of the 8th
C Getz popped out to second.
Pitch 2: in play
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KC wins series 3-0
Alex GordonLF4
Alcides EscobarSS3
Billy ButlerDH36
Mike Moustakas3B18
Salvador PerezC13
Eric Hosmer1B51
Jeff FrancoeurRF5
Lorenzo CainCF6
Chris Getz2B39
Aaron HicksCF12
Joe MauerDH7
Josh WillinghamLF7
Justin Morneau1B44
Ryan DoumitC4
Trevor Plouffe3B80
Chris Mathhew ParmeleeRF89
Brian Dozier2B15
Pedro FlorimonSS18
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